“We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around... when yellow will be mellow... when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right.” MenHelpingAsksBlackWhiteRedEmbraceSticksBrownGet BackYellowBack WhenGet AheadMellow Author:Joseph Lowery
“Rosa Parks was an unlikely person, but she became an instrument of the people's will in that community who were tired. They said she was tired from working and perhaps she was - but she herself said later that she was spiritually tired and weary of being humiliated by being asked to move back so that a white person could occupy her seat.” PeoplePersonsSaidMovingCommunityWhiteInstrumentsTiredParksSeatsWearyThey SaidUnlikelyHumiliatedRosa Author:Joseph Lowery
“By reserving the penalty of death for black defendants, or for the poor, or for those convicted of killing white persons, we perpetrate the ugly legacy of slavery-teaching our children that some lives are inherently less precious than others.” ChildrenPersonsBlackWhitePoorTeachingOur ChildrenSlaveryKillingUglyLegacyPenaltiesDeath Penalty Author:Joseph Lowery
